Singapore Airlines Jet Bursts Into Flames With Passengers On Board

Terrified passengers waited for several seconds on the plane that was on fire, before they were allowed to disembark.

A Singapore Airlines plane with 222 passengers and 19 crew members on board had to make an emergency landing at the Changi airport after it received multiple “engine oil warning” messages.

The flight SQ368 took off from the Changi airport in Singapore en route to Milan, Italy, but two hours into the flight it had to return because of the emergency warning. Soon after the plane touched down at the airport, the right engine of the aircraft caught fire, leaving passengers terrified.

Lee Bee Yee, a passenger on board the flight with her husband, filmed a video of the fire and posted it to Facebook.

“The pilot said he was going to turn back because the engine is leaking oil on the right side. The captain said that they cannot turn on that side of the engine or else the plane will be vibrating. And they can’t fly like this to Milan…That’s why they turned back,” she said.

“It was a heart wrenching 5 mins! Waiting for the fire engine and fire fighters to put out the fire! They shot foam and water into the fire and eventually it was put out! We were so close to death!!,” Yee added.